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title: Leaving X
description: German academic institutions are leaving Twitter/X. I'm not an academic institution, but still I'm following suit.
date: 2025-01-14T21:30:00+0100
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Several academic institutions in Germany have decided to terminate their
presence on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Press release of the "Informationsdienst Wissenschaft" (scientific news service,
in German): <https://idw-online.de/de/news845520>

Ironically, the press release page has several buttons to share this information
on social media, right now still including a sharing button for X :smile:
Surely just a matter of time.

{{< figure src="press-release-with-x-sharing-button.png"
           title="Press release (in German) informing about German academic institutions leaving X, with X sharing button." >}}

I got aware of this by reading my former university's newsletter:
<https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/einblick/single/news/universitaet-wuerzburg-kehrt-plattform-x-den-ruecken-1>

I'm following suit. I've just now deleted my account on X.

{{< figure src="account-deactivated.png"
           title="I did it! My account on X has been deactivated. (Screenshot in German.)" >}}

If you would like to connect with me on social media, please head over to my profiles on [Mastodon][] or [Bluesky][].

See you!

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